A jury convicted IDOC Officer Alex Banta in Larry Earvin's fatal Western Illinois Correctional Center beating in Quincy.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Jurors on Monday convicted an Illinois Department of Corrections officer for violating the civil rights of an inmate brutally beaten at a western Illinois prison in 2018, but could not reach a verdict against a superior.
Members of the eight-man, four-woman jury, while unanimous on Banta's culpability, were split 9-3 on the involvement of co-defendant Lt. Todd Sheffler. Banta was with Earvin for the bulk of the incident. Sheffler, 53, of Mendon, was not in R-1, but joined the escort along the way to segregation. According to jurors Kevin Sullivan, 59, of Springfield, and Roberta Clifton, 65, of Havana, three members of the eight-man, four-woman jury believed parts of the defense position that Earvin was injured in R-1.
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